Shoe-polisher.



IR. D. BALTHAZAW.

SHOE POLISHER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11.1914.

Patented Apr. 13, 11915.

WWnmozo THE NORRIS PETERS 60.. PHOTD-LITHQ. WASHINGmN. D. C.

ROSALIE DELPHIN BALTHAZAR, OF IPAWNEE, LOUISIANA.

SHOE-POLISI-IER.

Application filed July 11, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Rosanna D. BALT- HAZAR, acitizen of the United States, residing at Pawnee, in the parish of Allenand State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements inShoe-Polishers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in brushes and more particularlyto shoe polishing brushes.

The leading feature of my invention consists in providing a simple,inexpensive, and highly efficient device of the character descripedadapted to provide greater convenience in the application of the brushfor polishing purposes.

With the above and other objects in view my invention consists in thecombination, arrangement, and details of construction disclosed in thedrawing and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the drawing, wherein similar reference characters designate similarparts throughout the respective views, Figure 1 is a side elevation ofmy invention, Fig. 2 is a view thereof taken at right angles to Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings which are merely illustrative of my invention1 denotes the usual polishing brush adapted to pass readily through theneck of a bottle containing liquid polish into the bottle. I take asuitable length of wire 2 and form .the usual shank which is connecteddirectly to the brush, and by bending, twisting or otherwise strainingsaid wire I form a suitable handle 3 which may take any desirable shapethat shown in the drawing having the configuration of a loop which mayor may not be provided with the coils 3'. The loop 3 will have formedthereupon the short stem 5 it being understood that the shank of thewire will first of all be passed upwardly through the cork 4 after whichsaid loop Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 113, 19915.

Serial No. 850,371.

will be formed and then the shortened stem 5 will be caused to projectdownwardly through the cork l and will be provided terminally with abent or returned portion 6 which will be inset or embedded into thecork. In this way the cork will be prevented from movement upon theshank in one direction by means of said bend 6 and in an oppositedirection by the handle or loop 3 so that the wire will always befixedly mounted upon the cork.

From the above construction the advantages flowing from the use of myinvention will be readily understood. Numerous modifications may beresorted to in practice without departing in principle from the detailsof construction herein disclosed.

What I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combinationa cork, a wire shank extending therethrough, a brush mounted at one endof said shank, a handle formed upon said shank, an extension of saidhandle passing through said cork, and means whereby the terminal ofshank may hold said cork against movement.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a cork, a wire shankpassing therethrough, a brush secured at one end of said shank, a loopedhandle formed upon said shank at the opposite end of said cork withrespect to said brush, a shortened stem formed integrally upon saidlooped handle and passing downwardly through the cork, and a returnedstem formed terminally upon said stem and embedded at the bottom of saidcork.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROSALIE DELPHIN BALTHAZAR.

Witnesses:

J. W. BRITT, Jr., WM. P. BRITT.

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